. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). 10. CETRARIA.— ICELAND MOSS. So much has been said of the general and demulcent properties ofIceland moss, (Vol. i. p. 284,) that it is unnecessary to do more in thisplace than remark, that it has been employed as a demulcent andnutrient in diarrhoea and dysentery, as well as in affections of the airpassages. The same remarks apply, also, to 11. CHONDRUS.—IRISH MOSS, which is used in similar cases, (Vol. i. p. 285,) and to 12. FUCUS AMYLACEUS.—CEYLON MOSS. (See Vol. i. p. 286.) 13. HORDEUM.— BARLEY. Barley—in
. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). 10. CETRARIA.— ICELAND MOSS. So much has been said of the general and demulcent properties ofIceland moss, (Vol. i. p. 284,) that it is unnecessary to do more in thisplace than remark, that it has been employed as a demulcent andnutrient in diarrhoea and dysentery, as well as in affections of the airpassages. The same remarks apply, also, to 11. CHONDRUS.—IRISH MOSS, which is used in similar cases, (Vol. i. p. 285,) and to 12. FUCUS AMYLACEUS.—CEYLON MOSS. (See Vol. i. p. 286.) 13. HORDEUM.— BARLEY. Barley—in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States—means the de-corticated seeds of Hordeum distichon. Common or long-eared barley; 410 SPECIAL DEMULCENTS. Sex. Syst. Triandria Digynia; Nat. Ord. Gramineae; which is a na-tive of Tartary, but is cultivated in different parts of the world. Fig.
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